The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was a Presbyterian denomination existing from 1789 to 1958. In that year, the PCUSA merged with the United Presbyterian Church of North America.
Illustration of the original First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia located on High Street (now Market Street). First Presbyterian was the meeting place for both the first presbytery and first synod.
David Brainerd, missionary to the Native Americans
Princeton Theological Seminary in the 1800s
Watts Hall of Union Presbyterian Seminary
Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named after its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Though other Reformed churches
Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
…The Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (PCUSA) was a Presbyterian denomination existing from 1789 to 1958. In that year, the PCUSA merged with the United Presbyterian Church of North America. The new church was named…
Sanctuary of the Fourth Presbyterian Church (Chicago)
Iona Abbey in Scotland, founded by Saint Columba
John Knox, leader of the 16th century Scottish Reformation
Painting by John Henry Lorimer, The Ordination of Elders in a Scottish Kirk, 1891, now in the National Gallery of Scotland